'Danum Revised' forest field plot data for twenty 0.28 hectare field plots, measured in 2017

Permanent forest plot data from Sabah, Malaysia. Danum Valley Conservation Area. Here we provide a brief description of the permanent plot data collected following the same protocols utilized within the Kuamut forest reserve. Twenty circular field plots with a 30 m radius that were established across the protected area as part of a collaboration between SEARRP and the Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO) in 2017. These plots were surveyed following the same protocols as those described by the Kuamut conservation project. The field protocol is provided. Field plot locations where selected using airborne LiDAR to specifically target both high Aboveground Carbon Density (ACD) areas, and also areas with different ACD predictions based on a draft set of carbon mapping models. See Jucker et al. (2018) and Asner et al. (2017) for further details. Note subsequent measurements (in 2020) include more plots. Subsequent measurements allowed further data checking and corrections, so some minor updates to the 2017 dataset have been made since the previous publications. Please see additional Zenodo data entries for the 2020 measure. Use of these data require citation of this dataset and citation of the two original journal articles that delivered and explain the work, and that you inform us of the use of the data. We would also appreciate the opportunity to be involved in work making use of this data. The required citations are as follows: Asner, Gregory P., Philip G. Brodrick, Christopher Philipson, Nicolas R. Vaughn, Roberta E. Martin, David E. Knapp, Joseph Heckler, et al. 2017. “Mapped Aboveground Carbon Stocks to Advance Forest Conservation and Recovery in Malaysian Borneo.” Biological Conservation 217 (June 2017): 289–310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.10.020 Jucker, Tommaso, Gregory P. Asner, Michele Dalponte, Philip G. Brodrick, Christopher D. Philipson, Nicholas R. Vaughn, Yit Arn Teh, et al. 2018. “Estimating Aboveground Carbon Density and Its Uncertainty in Borneo’s Structurally Complex Tropical Forests Using Airborne Laser Scanning.” Biogeosciences 15 (12): 3811–30. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3811-2018 This work would not be possible without the incredibly hard work and dedication of the entire SEARRP field team, including Philip Ak Ulok; Hii Siew Yee; Remmy Bin Murus; Alexander Karolus; Andy Brian Karolus; Frederica Karolus; Zidey Fulgentius; Welday Bin Girang; Mohamad Taufiq Bin Sumin, Mohd Fadil Bin Abd Karim, Joulu Rasion, and Japin Bin Rasion. We are very grateful to the help of all the field staff not specifically mentioned here.